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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ioannis Pefkianakis, San Jose, CA (US);
Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajesh Ambati, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Lakshmi N. Kavuri, San Jose, CA (US);
Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ajay Singh, San Jose, CA (US);
Dinesh Kumar Arora, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gaurav Pathak, Hyderabad, IN;
Palash Chaturvedi, Bhopal, IN;
Narayanan Subramanian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sergey Sitnikov, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abhishek Walia, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ajoy K. Singh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Oleg M. Moskalenko, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Sachin J. Sane, San Jose, CA (US);
Avinash Viswanathan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Bhumika N. Makwana, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods performed by user equipment (UE) for communicating over a wireless communication network include receiving data representing one or more communication quality metrics for communication on a New Radio (NR) communication link of the wireless communication network. The method includes determining, based on the data representing the one or more communication quality metrics, a data throughput for the NR communication link of the wireless communication network. The method includes estimating a theoretical throughput for using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications link of the wireless network. The method includes comparing the data throughput using the NR communication link to the theoretical throughput for using the LTE communication link. The method includes causing a switch, based on the comparison, from the NR communication link to the LTE communication link.